This week was extremely busy for me. I had a Voice over patrol on Tuesday, a reporter shift on Wednesday, and cut-in training on Thursday. I was very happy with both my shifts and my cut- in training, but there are always things that I can improve on. For example, my cut-in training I need to be more conversational, like I am talking to a person and not just reading off a prompter. I figure that I can practice reading scripts to friends so I get comfortable energy and be more personable on air.
My voice over patrol turned into a long night. I was told to cover honor flight veterans who were returning from Washington DC. They were scheduled to arrive at 10pm and friends, family, and well-wishers gathered to welcome them back. As soon as I got there I captured a good amount of b-roll and filmed some good cut-a-ways. Then when the vets arrived I was ready for them and I got some great shots of people cheering and hugging. I was even able to spot one woman crying, I love capturing people's emotion because that is the best way to tell a story.
I met a man who was waiting for his father, and I asked him if his dad would be willing to talk to me. The man said of course and got his dad who was an army veteran. This story made me remember my Grandpa who was a World War II veteran and I could see why so many people were there in support.
I got back to the station at 11pm and I was really proud of myself because I didn't capture too much footage. This allowed me to write my script and go right into editing because the pictures converted so quickly. I learned from my last VO patrols to not capture more material than you need. I was please with my work and the only problem was that the producer forgot to put my story in the rundown so it never got aired. I was really disappointed because I worked so hard on it, and I wanted to tell the people's stories. I learned to not only double but also TRIPPLE check with a producer that they have everything they need before you leave the station.
My reporter shift went really well and I was proud of my TV package that was aired. I was sent out to do a story on the completion of Route 5 in Camdenton. They only part of my day that I wasn't thrilled about was my hour and forty-five minute drive to the construction site. I really had to have a plan together of what I wanted to shot, because I couldn't waste time. I got there and the road was already finished, but there was a few workers putting the finishing touches on it. I was able to drive down on the road and find some guys working under a bridge. Nobody wanted to interview with me, they kept passing me off on the other guy until only one man was left. I was getting really concerned that I wouldn't get an interview, but I was able to coax Mike Crane into an interview with me. I just told him not to be nervous because it would take less than a minute and if he didn't like it I wouldn't use it. So I kept it short and got him comfortable in front of the camera and he did a fine job.
After my first interview I realized that there was no one out hear to talk too. I didn't want to do a story on how great MoDOT was for completing the project so I wanted to find someone on the other side of the fence. I drove on US 54, which intersects with 5 to try and find a business owner to talk to. The only problem was that it was 6pm so many places were closed. Just as I was about to give up, I saw this little business that was right on the corner of both roads. I drove over, but as a soon as I pulled up the Open sign went off. I wasn't sure if they would want to talk to me, but I knocked on the door anyways. A woman answered and said the construction was causing traffic on the road her business was on making people not want to turn into her business. I asked her for an interview and she agreed, I got very lucky because after that I left right away to go back to KOMU. I have been getting really good at time management and I knew what time I needed to be back to finish my story on time. http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif
Overall this week was very busy but I learned a lot and I am continuing to grow as a journalist.
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